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Show Life on a Desert Tropical Island Kalem's Two-Part Production "Shipwrecked!" Abounds With Thrills and Gripping Grip-ping Climaxes. Vivid Preientation of Play Produced Pro-duced Under Trying CircumUnc Realntic Portrayal of the PeriU of the Wivei and of Scenea Beyond the Pale of Civilization. One is inclined to think that the fa- t mous story of Robinson Crusoe is essentially essen-tially fiction. It has remained for the Kalem Company to produce a powerful photoplay which viv idly portrays the adventures of a courageous and resourceful re-sourceful man of the present dy who overcomes even greater obstacles in such a thoroughly consistent manner Oi that the spectator cannot dojbt that the ' incidents actuall look pl.:cc. Tins play, which bears the title of "Shipwrecked," is in two parts and was 1 V released Wednesday, 'uj?ut 6th. It deals with a voung man in the employ of a millionaire. He has others beside ' himself to look after when the ill-fated vessel goes down on the high scav He rescues an entire party, routs cannibals by strategy and finally succeeds jn P bringing everyone home safely, after a perilous existence on a desert island. No motion picture has ever presented such a realistic portrayal of the perils P of the waves, the thrilling battle for life, the ravages of tropical sun and r"i sand, equatorial animals in their nati.e habitat and the primitive :n;toms one 1 3j must adopt when cut oft from civiliza- tj tion. r In order to secure the correct atmns- phere, the Kalem Company sent a large organization down the Florida coast. U, Morc tliHii one pla cr wa.s overcome by tl the terrific heat, ami Dir., .,. Xuvmii Bucl wa; confined t m, Led for ten mi davs after the strenuous work. rii-; bii; production is the first of x. Kalem's weekly multiple-reel off. rings, and is a striking example of the cl.i-s of . J subjects which this company will present every Wednesday in the future. rjs '.' Mr Carlvle Blackwell pro'l a visit to M san Dic;,-o a few da;, s Jk'o and vhile there attended a piui.rc shou. , he 3T: stopped on his vva out u chat with tlv: manager, he overhear. two voungvicrs j psAd engaged in animated on f nation. "1 here's Blackwell '" exclaimed one. "Do Si Or oU know he's deaf and dumb" That's the reason he's working in pictures." Ti When the actor cblfld control hi- laugh- J ter he .stepped over and broke u the fe If argument by greeting the hr, . rvitJi a Ittf ;wr Hello!" nablc to sustain his 1 H argument, the youngster incontinently : fled. U f i Kalem pla ers ho recently ' ssM d nirii ..rr Virginia, to pro- It duce several plays m the picturesque IB mountain?, had an amusing experience with a fox that was used m a mm pic- lure. The little animal, which was 1 pursued over meadow, and through ' -m : sr. re; , I dog. v. a pp.. ided C$7 b a uginian who kept it in a box Tml between scenes. When Director Bite! jr announced that he would no longer re- CT" quire the fox the owner set : free Ml stood back to sec the animal make a 'flB clash for liberty. Mr. Fox. however. EJ; '''"'""'I to seek his native habitat and j S actually wagged his tail as he sought the recognition of the different players. n Kalem is about to present a fitting 1 successor to the two-part masterpiece. Ikty The Redemption." winch has found 9i!t favor throughout the world. The new lfct(f multir.le-rerl feature v. hid ,. entitled jH(f ' The Girl and the Gangster " was pro-duced pro-duced b- Mr. G,orge M.-f.,rd Mr. arlvle Blackwell Mr William ' fill, Miss Afrin Sais and Miss Jane Wolfe s appear in strong roles. Wl . l5lU Wnile visiting an amusement park in ifcw the vicinity of Santa Monica. California. MT, Ass Ruth Roland of the Kalem Com- W cdy Company, was induced to trv her i hand at a shooting gallery A crod v" mb,cr h ung ladv. who is an S expert with the rinV. hit the several tar- J Vi gets with remarkable rapiditv and h j lJT v.as obliged to announce that she would do all her performing in the KVe ;i pic- i rtjv tures. I No wonder John Brcnnan has made .J hit in Kalem plavs. During his Ion HIP career as a comedian on the stage I 'T won tne title r.f thc world's grcatfil clog dancer. He starred in his o IC1 Play, and was at one time end man' l,' With Primrose and Wet's minstrels. The new Kalem studio at liffsidr. Ijll New Jer .ey has thc largest stage ever IK. constructed tor the production of ph-Mct- l8 Ila. powerful multiple. reel drarra 1 IW is now under way with MivS Alice Joyce wr" in the leading role. - 'VE Miss Jean Acker that's her Sunday I name, she avs; week da ; she's just s6ta..7 Plain "Bilhe" was born in St. L.,uis. of Spanish parents. Kcfore Incoming 1 NtT motion picture actress she plaved oi Hie speaking staxc in the Louts L Ha'I j Stock Company and in vaudeville- I V, Alter spending a v ear with the I ubm Ifc jj?-" Company she joined the Imp where mh he 1101 is. She gives as much time to 1. tr,, writing photoplays as she .. ,-. to ap- E j.' pearing in them She likes tlv- excite- !Ljt ment of the life ,,f a motion picture Ml actress and says she"d rather jump frO( H!" a moving train, ride a motor ,-ycIe at yt fifty-mile-an-hour clip or sad aloft Ui an aeroplane than eat. f )nre die divel . iki'" from an ocean lin-r and camr to the J Uj surface on the other side he's a b?'f yMi ball fan, and delights in horseback rid' |